Pipe-clip.



A. G. ELLIOTT.

PIPE CLIP.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.20, 19H

Patented Sept. 3, 1918.

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nLnEnr GEORGE ELLIOTT, 0E DERBY, ENGLAND, essien'oa T0 noLLs-Eo'sroE LIMITED, V or DERBY, ENGLAND.

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the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to' an im.- proved pipe clip for securing a rubber tube or other flexible connection ,to a metal p'ipe.

fiat metal shaped to encircle the flexible connection and having its ends bent outward radially, through which a tightening bolt or its equivalent is inserted. The action of tightening this bolt distorts both lugs and .bolt, imposing a'comparatively large bending moment on both the lugs and the bolt:

mie'ta-l pipe, thus increasing the tightness of.

- The object of my invention is to reduce to a minimum the bending moment on the lugs and the clip, and to eliminate bending stresses on the bolt or its-equivalent. A further object is to increase the pressure per u nita'rea exerted by the clip upon the rubber tube and by the rubber tube upon the the joint. A further object is to provide a lighter construction of clip than has hitherto been available.

These objects are attained by forming the undersides or contact surfaces of, the bolt head and nut semispherical in shape, or to a suitable arc of a sphere, and by arranging .upon the band of the clip corresponding spherical seatings for the bolt head and nut. Thus, the bolt is not subjected to any' stresses other than tension'when the clip is tightened up, and the boltimay be brought ,-nut, and gives a strong closer to the tube than has hitherto been possible. The band of the clip'is pressed from sheet metal, its cross'section being made to a circular are, I or being otherwise suitably curved. This cross section lends itself to the formation of lugs at the ends of, the band with spherical seatings for the bolthead and andlight -'construction. I Y

The accompanying drawing illustrates the invention, the clip being shown tightened up in place upon a metal pipe and rubber tube.

Figure 1 is atransverse section of Fig. '2.

Fig. 2 is .a sideelev'ation in the direction of I the arrow m. Fig. 3 'is a plan View of Fig. 1.

The band 0 of the clip is pressed from sheet'metalits cross section beingmade to a Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. a, rate.

Application filed November 20, 1917. Serial No. 203,029.

.Also the absence of sharp edges on the curved surface of the band in contact with the rubber tube obviates the possibility of damage to the rubber tube in tightening up the clip. The. bolt b has the contact surface of its head it formed to a semisphere or to a suitable a-rc of a sphere, tliecontact' surface of the nut '11, is similarly. shaped, andthe ends the bolt head and nut. The boltis thus free band 0. A metal packing strip k of similar cross section to the band assists in distributing the pressure exerted by the clip evenly around the rubber tube. in the vicinity of the ends of the band.f The metal pipe is preferably formed with a groove or recess, as

shown dotted in Fig. 3, for the purpose of locating more securely the rubber tube upon the metal pipe.

The section of the band as above described renders it possible to make the lugs at its ends of a shape best suited to -resist deformation when the clip is tightened up. A further advantage of this construction is that the bolt maybe arranged very close to the rubber tube around which the cli is placed, the combination of band and b0 t deviating a minimum amount from the form of a circle. Consequently, the invention approaches as nearly as possible to the ideal shape for a pipe clip, that is, one in which the tightening or contracting mechanism causes a minimum distortion of its circular form. r i

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by-Letters Patent of the United States is A clip for securing a tube of yielding material to a metal pipe, comprising a sheet metal band adapted to encircle the tube and formed with a recess and said nut having an having its ends turned outward and formed integral lug adapted to engage in said recess With centrally-apertured spherical seats to prevent the nut from turning When the which face each other; a bolt passed through bolt is being turned.

5 the apertures in said seats and having the In Witness whereof I have signed this 15 under side of its head made spherical so as specification in the presence of two Witnesses.

'to conformably fit in the adjacent seat; and ALBERT GEORGE ELLIOTT. a nut threaded on said-bolt and having a Witnesses: spherical under side adapted to conformably NORAH H. WoLvERsoN,

19 fit in the other seat; said other seat being F. H. Royce. 

